by being engaged in the export Slave Trade, directly or indirectly, he shall be subject to trial by the British laws.

IV. All British subjects may form factories or other establishments in any place not actually occupied, or if occupied paying for the same; their property of every description and themselves shall be free from every exaction, palaver, or obstruction, and all communication opened to them to and from Ghinala.

V. The sovereignty of the Island of Bulama, with the adjacent islands, and of a line from Ghinala to the sea, W.N.W., is for ever ceded to His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, his heirs and successors, with power and right to establish villages, forts, to cultivate farms, and every other establishment, public or private, which the Governor of Sierra Leone, or any other competent authority within the territory of Ghinala, may deem fit.

VI. The deed of cession of Ghinala, the Island of Bulama, and the adjacent island, which was made by Kings Niobana and Mattchore to Captain Beaver, for His Majesty of Great Britain, upon the 3rd day of August, 1792, is hereby acknowledged and confirmed.

Subscribed on board the " African "steam-vessel, this 24th day of June, 1827.

BINAGRE (King), for himself and FEARING.

N. CAMPBELL, Governor of Sierra Leone and Dependencies.
Witnesses: GIANGE, Son of Mattchore.

SEPTIMUS ARABIN, Capt. of H.M. ship" Northstar.”
C. M. BURROWws, Acting Military Secretary.

(ANNEX.) Deed of Cession of the Island of Bulama by the Kings Jalorem and Bellehore to the British Colonists. June 29, 1792.

(Translation.)

"WHEREAS certain persons, subjects of the King of Great Britain, conducted by H. H. Dalrymple, S. Young, Sir William Halton, Bart., J. King, Philip Beaver, Peter Clutterbuck, Francis Brodie, Charles Drake, John Paiba, Richard Hancorne, Robert Dobbin, Isaac Ximenes, and Nicholas Bayley, Esqrs., as a Comnittee to manage their affairs, having arrived on the windward coast of Africa, adjacent to the River Grande; and the said Committee having invested P. Beaver and R. Dobbin, Esqrs., 2 of their members, with full power to treat with, and purchase from us our Island of Bulama :

"We, the Kings of Canabac, being fully convinced of the pacific and just dispositions of the said persons, and of the great reciprocal benefits that will result from an European colony being established in our neighbourhood, and, being desirous of manifesting our friendship and affection to the King of Great Britain and his subjects, do hereby, in consideration of 473 bars of goods,

by us received, for ever cede and relinquish to the said King of Great Britain, all sovereignty over the Island of Bulama, which sovereignty our ancestors have acquired by conquest, and have ever since maintained in undisputed peace.

"We do further solemnly guarantee to the said persons, their heirs and assigns, against all enemies whatever, the full and peaceful possession of the said island: and, by these presents, do bind ourselves and our subjects to aid and assist them against all their enemies whatever; and the same shall have all the force of a firm and faithful Treaty of defensive alliance between the King of Great Britain and ourselves; and, together with the island aforesaid, we do relinquish all claim to any future Treaty, subsidy, or composition whatever.

"And of all the premised conditions, we, the 2 parties, do bind ourselves by the mutual observance, in the presence, and in the name of the omnipotent God of faith and justice, and the avenger of perfidy; and we have hereunto set our hands, this 29th of June, 1792."

P. BEAVER.
R. DOBBIN.

JALOREM, King.
BELLEHORE, King.

BRITISH PROCLAMATION, on taking possession of the Island of Bulama, May 23, 1842.

To the Inhabitants of the Island of Bulama.

THIS island having been purchased by Great Britain from the Kings (Jalorem and Bellehore) of Kanyabac, and also ceded, in a formal Treaty, on the 29th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1792; and likewise the claim of Portugal having been relinquished and ceded to Great Britain; I have authority from my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and from John Foote, Esquire, Captain of Her Majesty's ship "Madagascar," and senior officer on the west coast of Africa, to take formal possession of this island, in the name and on behalf of Her Most Gracious Majesty, Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c.; and you are hereby desired to respect the said right and title to possession, and also to attend the ceremony of taking possession to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

This 23rd day of May, 1842, at the Island of Bulama.

CHARLES HORACE LAPIDGE,

Lieutenant and Commander of Her Britannic
Majesty's brig" Pantaloon."

TREATIES of Peace and Friendship between the Governor of Sierra Leone and the Chiefs at the back of that Colony. March 1851 to January 1852.

(1.)—TREATY with the Chief of Kykandy. Warkeria, March

19, 1851.

TREATY between John Francis Smyth, of the Colony of Sierra Leone, Colonial Secretary, Robert Armstrong, also of the Colony of Sierra Leone, Police Magistrate, and Benjamin Campbell, of the Isles de Loss, within the said Colony of Sierra Leone, Justice of the Peace, Commissioners duly authorized and empowered by His Excellency Norman William Macdonald, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Sierra Leone and its Dependencies, ViceAdmiral, Chancellor and Ordinary of the same, for and in behalf of Her Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., &c., and Tongo, Chief of Kykandy and others, his Chiefs.

ART. I. There shall be peace between the subjects of the Queen of England and the subjects of the said Chiefs, and should there arise any difference or dispute accidentally between them, it shall be referred to the Governor of Sierra Leone, and his decision thereon shall be final and binding upon all parties.

II. The persons and property of all British subjects shall be inviolate, and no Semo, Country Law or Custom; shall be put in force against them, neither shall they, if aggrieved, have recourse to any Semo, Country Law or Custom; they must lay their grievance before the Government of Sierra Leone.

III. British subjects are strictly prohibited from breaking the Country Laws, from interfering in any way with the disputes and quarrels of the Native Chiefs or their subjects, and from aiding, assisting, countenancing, or supporting them, directly or indirectly, in their wars against each other, either by supplying them with arms, ammunition, or any warlike stores whatever, or with the means of procuring them.

IV. The Slave Trade is for ever abolished within the territories of the Chiefs parties hereto. And their subjects are hereby prohibited from being engaged in that traffic either directly or indirectly.

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V. No persons whatever, Europeans or others, are to be mitted to establish themselves within the territories of the Chiefs parties hereto, for the purpose of carrying on or engaging in the Slave Trade. And the said Chiefs hereby empower the Officers and Forces of the Queen of England, to expel all persons violating this clause from the territories of the said Chiefs by force, if need be, and to burn or otherwise destroy their barracoons and

slave factories, and to seize all boats, canoes, or vessels, of any description, found engaged either directly in the Slave Trade, or in aiding and abetting that traffic within the waters belonging to the said Chiefs.

VI. The subjects of the Queen of England are hereby guaranteed the right of free and unrestricted legitimate traffic within the territories of the said Chiefs, and all rights and privileges heretofore enjoyed by them are hereby recognized and confirmed; they may buy or rent lands and houses which shall not be entered upon without their free will and consent.

VII. All privileges conferred upon the subjects of any Foreign State or Power, shall be considered as being equally granted to British subjects, and no privileges or rights shall be secured to the subjects of a Foreign State without being notified to the Governor of Sierra Leone, in order to such privilege or right being extended to the subjects of Her Majesty.

VIII. Her Majesty may appoint an Agent to visit or reside in the territories of the Chiefs for the protection of her subjects; and for securing due adherence to the stipulations of this Treaty, and the person and property of such Agent shall be inviolate, and he shall receive all honour and protection.

IX. All complaints against British subjects must be made to Her Majesty's Agent, if there be one; or to the Governor of Sierra Leone; in either case accompanied by sufficient proof in order that justice may be impartially done between all parties.

X. The ministers of the Christian religion shall be permitted to reside and exercise their calling within the territories of the said Chiefs, and to establish schools for the education and proper training up of the youths of both sexes, and they are to receive all honour and protection.

XI. The roads throughout the territories of the said Chiefs shall be kept open, they are not to be "Semoed," or shut on any pretext whatever, and all parties, British subjects, Native strangers and others, are to be allowed to travel thereon to and from the Colony of Sierra Leone, or elsewhere, free and unmolested.

XII. The canoes and boats of the said Chiefs and of their subjects visiting the Colony for the purposes of trade, are placed upon the same footing as the boats of the Colony, and are exempted from all taxes; and the subjects of the said Chiefs and their property, while peaceably trading to or residing within the Colony, shall receive the fullest protection.

XIII. The Chiefs who are parties to this Treaty, shall receive from each and every British vessel of 25 tons and upwards visiting their territories, the sum of 16 dollars, and from each and every decked vessel of above 5 tons and under 25 tons burthen, the sum of 10 dollars, which shall be considered in full for anchorage and waterage dues, with the privilege of taking in wood and water.

All British boats and canoes of less than 5 tons burthen, shall have free navigation of the river within the territories of the aforesaid Chiefs without any charge whatever.

XIV. The bodies of British seamen, or other non-resident British subjects who may die within the territories of the Chiefs, shall have the right of interment on payment of 6 dollars to the said Chiefs, which sum shall be in full of all burial fees; and all resident British subjects dying within the territories of any Chief or Chiefs, parties to the Treaty, shall be interred on payment of the customary tribute or offering, the amount of which shall be arranged and determined between the friends of the deceased and the Chief or Chiefs, or his or their representatives. The graves of persons so interred shall be secure from violation.

XV. The waterage and anchorage dues hereby stipulated to be paid to the Chiefs by this Treaty, shall be considered a full consideration for the fulfilment of the terms and conditions thereof by the Chiefs aforesaid.

XVI. The Queen of England shall have the right to demand the surrender of criminals, being British subjects, guilty of any offence cognizable by the laws of England, for the purpose of being tried in such British Colony as Her Majesty the Queen of England may think fit to appoint; and the Chiefs, parties to this Treaty do hereby agree to surrender all British subjects who may be charged with any offence as aforesaid upon demand being made by some competent authority.

XVII. This Treaty shall be proclaimed immediately on its being concluded and signed, and be made law throughout the territories of the said Chief or Chiefs, which, for the better maintenance of peace and the avoidance of all causes of difference and dispute, are hereby fixed and declared by the said Chiefs to be as follows, that is to say: from Tingalintie Village to the east, to the mouth or entrance of the Rio Nunez to the west.

XVIII. All merchandize imported in British vessels within the dominion of the Chiefs, parties to this Treaty, shall be exempted from the payment of any duty whatever, and in like manner the productions of the territories of any of the Chiefs, parties to this Treaty, and imported into the Colony of Sierra Leone, shall be (subject to the approval of the Governor and Council of the said Colony) exempted from all import or other duties, which productions are as follows, that is to say: Gold, Ivory, Rice, Ox or other Hides, Bees' Wax, Palm Oil, Bene Seed, Ground Nuts (clean and in rough), Coffee, Gum Copal, Timber, Palm Nuts, Cotton, Indigo, or any other Articles which, from and after this date, may be produced or cultivated within the territories of the aforesaid Chiefs.

Signed and Sealed at Warkeria this 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1851, and of Her Majesty's Reign the 14th.